Bolt-fastener.



W. S. DORMAN. BOLT `FASUTBBIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.5,1910.

Patented June 13, 1911.

ll-FASTENEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.`

llaa-tentent June i3, imi.,

application led ftpril 5, 1910. Serial No. $53,545.

To all whom it may concer-vt:

Be it known that l, WILLIS S. Domien, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, .residing at Linton, in the county of Emmons and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful improvements in Bolt-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in bolt fasteners and has for one of its objects the provision of a means for securing a bolt against displacement without the employment of the usual nut.

A further object is the provision of a device which when a nut is used ona bolt will operate to prevent accidental disengagement of the nut from the bolt.

With these and other objects in view,

which will more fully hereinafter appear,-

the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size,'and minor details of the device may be rnade5 Within the scope of the appended claim, Without departing from the spirit or sacriieing any of the advantages of the invention. f

in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the speciiicatiom--Figure l is adetail perspective oi the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the holt. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the fastener.

Similar numerals ot reference are ernployed to designate corresponding parte throughout 'llhe holt includes in its construction a shank portion designated hy the numeral 5, the said shank terminating at one end in a head 6. ormed in the shanlr 5 and adjacent to the end thereof remote 'from head 5 is a transve se opening and estending inwardly from the extremity et the shanlr remote the head ti and connnunicating1 with the transverse opening,1 Z is a non-eyiindrical axial here Flfhe fastener is preferahly formed oi a single piece of resilient metal hent into suhstantially a iet-shape, the opposite limhs et' which are designated by the numerals 9 and i0. rllhe width ot the limhs 9 and it? will he somewhat iess than the width or the ioore 8 and the length of said iiinbs will he a tride greater than the length orp the here Formed integral or otherwise secured to the free terminal portions of the limbs 9 and 10 and extending outwardly therefrom are a pair of lugs l1 and 12. The inner end portions o the outer faces ot these lugs transversely rabbeted as shown at 7, the depth of such rabbets corresponding approximately to the thickness of the wall of the bore 8. Vfhen the terminals of the limbs are forced together and bear one upon the other the distance between the op osite outer ends of the lugs li and l2 .wlll be somewhat less than the length of the oblong bore 8 thus permitting the fastener to be bodily insertible into the bore. Normally the space between the terminals of the limbs 9 and 10, exclusive of the lugs 1li-and l2 will be a trifle greater than the length of the oblong opening, so that after the iastener has heen bodily inserted into the here and the lugs 11 and 12 aline with the transverse opening 7, by virtue of their resilienoy the fastener arms 9 and i0 will move outwardly and the lugs 1l and 12 will move through and beyond the opposite ends of the transverse opening 7. it will be evident when the parts are so positioned and assuming that the bolt has heen inserted through an opening in an object and the inner faces of the lugs 1i and l2 hear on that face of the object opposite to the face on which the head 5 hears, that displacement of the bolt will he positively prevented. W hen for any reason it is desired to remove the holt without completely withdrawingthe fastener therefrom, the limbs 9 and l() are sprung inwardly until the rahheted portions T clear the ends or the openings "l, after'which the fastener is pull d outwardly until the shoulders produced at the inner ends of the rahhets abut against the ends of the .openings if. 'When the parts are so positioned the portion of the enter surface of the iuris, heyond the ra hets, will he hush with e outer ieee the holt, thus perniitting the latter to he arithdrawn or inserted as the case he if? this construction it will he inanies the function usually performed hy to retain aiholt within the opening or n ohg'eet, will he equally as well perrormed the fastener. From the foregoing, is evident that l have provided a device which is con-aparatively simple in structure and inexpensive n rnanuiarture5 embodying few parts and ba im er Stil@ vided at one end with a head and having adjacent to its opposite end a transverse opening, said body being further provided with an axial bore extending inwardly from the said opposite end and communieating with said transverse opening, and a U-shaped resilient fastener arranged in said bore having lugs extending outwardly from its opposite ends and projecting through the opposite ends of said transversel opening and having their outer faces transversely rabbeted for the purpose described. In testimonyewhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses..

WILLIS S. DORMAN. Witnesses:

EDWD. BRADDoGK, JOHN LIPP. 

